Stove



Patented Dec. 6, I898. G. NOLTE.

No. 6l5,300.

STOVE.

(Application filed May 16, 1898.)

2 Sheets-Sheet I.

(No Model.)

Patented Dec. 6, I898. G. NOLTE.

STOVE.

(Application filed May 16, 189B.)

2 Sheets-Shea! 2.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE NOLTE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,390, dated December6, 1898.

Application filed May 16, 1898. Serial No. 680,844. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE NOLTE, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Stoves, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the ac com panyingdrawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in stoves; and it consistsinthe novel arrange ment and combination of parts more fully set forth inthe specification and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the stove. Fig. 2 is afront sectional elevation on line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a sidesectional elevation on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontalsection on line 4 4 of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section online 5 5 of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on line 6 (5,Fig. 2, of oven detached; and Fig. '7 is a plan view of broiler-frame.

The object of my invention is to construct a camp-stove which can beconverted from a cooking-stove to a broiler, or vice versa, or into anordinary heating-stove designed to burn either wood or coal.

In detail the invention may be described as follows:

. Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the outer casing of the stove,being preferably rectangular in shape.

2 represents the door leading to the firechamber 3, and 4 the oven-door.The bottom or fioor 5 of the fire-chamber is prevented from burning oroverheating by the air-currents circulating beneath the same, the airhaving access to the space below the said floor through the openings 6,formed along the lower edge of the vertical walls of the casing.

The present device is provided with a re-. movable or detachableoven,which is initially inserted into place through the opening coveredby the oven-door, the sides and rear of the oven being supported on theangle-frame 7, whose rear member is directly secured to the rear wall ofthe casing and whose side members extend from the rear wall forward tothe front wallat points adjacent to the lower opposite corners of theoven-door opening. The front edges of the removable oven 8 are providedwith outwardly-deflected lips or flanges 9, which fit into a suitabledepression 10, formed along the sides of the ovendoor opening, so thatwhen the oven has been shoved into place the outer surfaces of theflanges 9 will be flush with the outer surface of the front wall of thecasing, thus making a tight joint. Depending from the lower surface ofthe upper wall of the casing on each side of the exit-flue 11 is adeflecting plate or wall 12, having an outwardly-yielding lip or flange13, which bears against the upper wall of the oven, thereby making atight joint with the latter when the oven is inserted. Thedeflecting-walls 12 extend from the rear wall of the casing to asuitable distance forward, so that when the oven is in place theproducts of combustion are obliged to pass along the sides of the oven,thence forward toward the front wall of the casing, thence rearwardbetween the two deflecting-walls toward the rear wall of the casing, andup through the exit-flue there located.

\Vhen the oven is removed, the frame 7 is adapted to supporta suitablebroiler 14 for broiling any kind of meat, or, in fact, boiling any kindof liquid, the products of combustion passing under the circumstancesdirectly through the broiler out of the exit-ii no.

The present device may be used for either wood or coal. WVhen the formeris used, it is burned directly on the floor of the fire-chamber. Whenthe latter is used, a removable f uel-receptacle 15 is inserted throughthe oven-door opening and lowered to the floor of the fire-chamber, towhich it is then temporarily bolted or otherwise secured. The pivot ofthe grate 16 of said receptacle is under those circumstances passedthrough the front Wall of the casing. immediately below the lower edgeof the furnace-door, so that it can be dumped from the outside whenoccasion requires. The ashes thus dumped drop to the floor of thefire-chamber. It is of course to be understood that the depth of thefloor 5 below the lower edge of the furnacedoor opening is sufficient toallow the pivotal axis of the grate to find a bearing in the front wallof the casing at a point below such lower edge.

Upon the removal of the oven it is apparent that the supporting-frame 7can be used to support not only a broiler but plates for the retentionof cooking vessels of a general character.

The present stove, though primarily designed as a cooker and broiler forcamp purposes, could when stripped of all its cooking adjuncts be usedas a wood or coal heatingstove in ordinary households.

It is apparent, of course, that slight changes might be made in thedevice without departing from the spirit of my invention. The removableparts may all be provided with suitable rings, by which they may begrasped and handled.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- A stove comprisingasuitable outer casing, a fire-chamber therefor located within the same,a suitable supporting-frame extending from the rear wall forward to thefront wall, a removable oven adapted to be temporarily supported on saidframe within the casing and directly over thefire-chamber,outwardlydeflected flanges formed along the outer edges ofthe oven, the said flanges being received by a corresponding depressionformed along the sides of the oven-door opening, whereby when the ovenis in place, the'fianges will make a tight joint and be fiush with theouter surface of the casing-wall, deflecting walls or plates dependingfrom the upper wall of the casing and extending from the rear wall asuitable distance forward, outwardly-deflected flanges or lips formedalong the lower edges of the deflectin gplates bearing against andadapted to form a tight joint with the upper wall of the oven, and arear exit-flue leading from the upper wall of the casing, the partsoperating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE NOLTE. Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK, GEORGE L. BELFRY.

